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A Vision in Crimson: Frostbite Book One

by Kathryn Troy

Katelyn knows her magic is risky, but Icaryan light is fading fast and she is desperate. Her narrowing path leads her to Luca, a vampire hybrid living on the outskirts of humanity. Mutual attraction ignites their weary hearts. The rogue hunter follows Katelyn into a world teeming with wonder and danger, forsaking his own quest to root out his father. But his father has not forgotten him. A Vision in Crimson is the first book of a dark epic fantasy fraught with passion, peril, and magic.

Little Gnome, Big Water (A Muir Jackson Adventure)

by Michael A. Wood

A young man from Indiana, Muir Jackson, graduates from Indiana University and heads off to Aberdeen, Scotland to take a job in the graphic arts industry. A camping trip to the Cairngorms turns into a real life immersion into Scottish folklore when one of the campers, his roommate, is kidnapped by a kelpie. Muir meets a gnome who will be his guide and mentor on this journey as they seek to find his missing roommate in the legendary underwater city of Finfolkaheem.

Metrofloat New York

by William Quincy Belle

Several hundred years in the future, Earth is a different planet. Artificial gravity has been invented and “flying” has given way to “floating”: giant platforms with cities remain above the growing surface temperatures as enclaves of the privileged. A global pandemic has wiped out 80% of those on the ground and a virulent, flesh-eating disease, necrofasc, has left most with artificial body parts. War has been replaced by survival. There are too few left to fight. Metrofloat New York, a futuri... more

Death's Kiss

by Regie Khemvisay

New Year's Eve 2054 A virus, later named the BlackJack, struck and killed 3/4 of the world's population. Only those who were 21 and younger were not infected. Treaties broke off. Countries severed connection to the outside world. And the country of Yliria built its own invisible walls. Thirty-eight years later... Yliria is now at peace. But nothing is gained without sacrifices. Yuri's life was perfect. Family. School. Career. Then there's Ryoma. Her one true love. Nothing could go wron... more

Earth Quarantined

by D L Richardson

The year is 2355. The deadly virus that killed millions of people is gone, thanks to the quarantine measures put in place by the Criterion, an alien species who appeared just in time to save the human race. In exchange for complying with their tough control measures, the Criterion promised us the technology for interstellar travel. We’ve done all they’ve asked, yet we’re still on Earth with no way of getting into deep space. The Criterion are lying to us. What they don’t know is that we’re lying... more

Uncertain Heirs

by Ash Litton

Fredderick is a Wappenrock - one of the gentry who can wear the skin of animals. He is also the heir apparent of Kaiserreich, a peaceful state on the eastern coast of North America where titles of nobility are not merely inherited, but sold along with their entailed estates. And now his legacy is in doubt. When he discovers his family is in the debt of a man who would be Kaiser, Fredderick must consent to an arranged marriage or risk losing his family's titles. Unwilling to accept this fate,... more

Testament

by Shalisha Bynoe

The year is 2650. Famine and a decline in resources cause all on earth to commit acts of barbarism. For sisters Ayria and Athena, their last hope of survival rests upon touring through uncharted lands in search of water and replenishment. However, their journey into the unknown thrusts them in the crosshairs of murderous marauders and straight into the mercy of a mysterious gunslinger whose strong stance on self-preservation may place their lives in danger. As their adventure takes them to new a... more

The Lovers

by Shalisha Bynoe

Andras and Keturah are immortals who once commanded the eighth order of the heavens. Their fall from the firmament was linked to their defiance of the gods and their hedonistic appetites. As they were cast down to earth, the cursed couple forfeited their wings and did their best to adopt the ways of mortals. However, Keturah didnt feel a sense of longing and chose to abandon Andras for a human lover. In anger, Andras murdered Keturah but refused to accept the finality of their fate. He reincarna... more

Immortals' Requiem

by Ella James

Immortals’ Requiem by Vincent Bobbe Grimdark Fantasy: Speculative fiction There are beings that live a shadow’s breadth from our reality… They are the dreams and nightmares of humanity, the ancient seeds of fairy-tale and superstition. These are the Immortals, creatures of magic that should live forever… and they are fading. When a horror two thousand years dead returns to contemporary England, creatures long thought lost to myth and legend collide in a scramble for survival that cou... more

The Stone of Madness

by Nick Baker

Henry Price and Pearly Black are the most brilliant alchemists of their generation, but as their unique metaphysical talents flourish, their friendship deteriorates into a bitter feud. Following Black’s establishment of a shadowy organisation with dark, inscrutable goals, the men are firmly set on a collision course that culminates in Black’s death at the hands of his rival. Ten years later, the theft of an obscure sixteenth-century manuscript hiding a powerful secret forewarns Price of ... more

HYPO: The Complete Story

by DL Jones

An Urban Sci-Fi Thriller with Powers, Deception, Action and Adventure! Chauncy and Tre were childhood friends. Tre, who works for a pharmaceutical company, is in town on business. Chauncy hadn't seen Tre since college and decides they should catch up. After picking Tre up from the airport, they are ambushed and kidnapped. Held hostage in an old abandoned house. With hopes of escape, Tre and Chauncy use an experimental drug from Tre's company that gives them extraordinary physical abilities. ... more

A Betrayal and Other Stories

by Brian Biswas

Pen-and-ink illustrations complement each of these nineteen stories spanning the literary genres of magical realism, horror, and science fiction. In the title story, “A Betrayal,” a doctor travels into the countryside to help a young patient, only to deliver a diagnosis with which the girl’s family vehemently disagrees. The peculiar narrator of “Sedgefield’s Diary” recoils in horror when he discovers that the hourly diary he keeps has taken on a life of its own and now threatens his very existe... more

Winterhued

by E. H. Alger

Princess Winterhued, heir to the throne, finds the bigoted and demented king turning against her. But her worries become as naught when a vast winged beast lays siege to the town, reducing much of the castle to flaming rubble. She strives to save her people but it seems the only one able to help her is the lowliest servant boy in the castle. Yet on the borders of the land rides a nameless knight, exiled and condemned, and a horned creature follows him, silent as moonlight.

The Bright Path: An Anachronism

by Benjamin M. Birney

A sprawling science fantasy comic adventure romance political thriller, with goblins and cannons! Johnathan Miller has harbored a secret flame for his childhood friend Merrily Hunter for years, and as Midsummer’s Eve approaches he’s ready to make his move. But when a cranky, sharp-tongued professor of Applied History rides into town looking for a lost book, Johnathan and Merrily quickly find themselves swept up in an adventure that will take them to the very edges of history, language, and pr... more

Prometheus Rising

by D. F. Wink

★★★★★ "It's grasping story which had a cinematic feel to it.” I will find you. Even if I have to see the world burn. Adama has chosen his place in the perfect world of 2076. He is a medic, a doctor. But his choice is shattered when he loses the woman he loves to a deadly truth, hidden from the Civilized Society for decades. To save her, Adama has to unite the Outer Areas and start a revolution – a battle that will tear down the foundations of the world he has lived in for his entir... more

Solar Knights

by Adam Moymy

Lucian and fellow treasure hunters land on the moon of Kordan, searching for artifacts to plunder. They discover a twenty-thousand-year-old vault from a forgotten age of Mankind. Lucian learns the mysterious and sinister nature of his world. The Solar Knights Order, lead by the great Grandmaster Kairos, chase an old enemy through an empire consumed by war. Difficult decisions must be made, for the fate of the ancient Order rests upon his shoulders. In the Forsaken regions, the Emperors once grea... more

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